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rous spirit, and having large means at his disposal ; pre- 

 pared to set out for the West Indies, * without hope 

 there to do anything vvoorth note.* He wanted *to see 

 some pra£lise and experience, then any wonders or 

 profite.' On the 6th of November 1594, he sailed from 

 Southampton. His vessels consisted of the Bear, of 

 200 tons and 140 men, his Admiral ; \ki^Beare's Whelpe, 

 Vice-Admiral ; and two pinnaces, the Frisking and the 

 Earewtg. After touching at Plymouth, they proceeded 

 on their voyage. Stormy weather deprived Sir ROBERT 

 of his three consorts ; but, he went on his course. He 

 made many chases of vessels, off the Coast of Spain, only 

 to find that they were English. He spent twelve days at 

 the Canaries, to some purpose, taking two very fine 

 carvels under the calms of Teneriffe and Palma. These, 

 ' both refreshed and amended his company,' and increased 

 his fleet to three vessels. Continuing his voyage to the 

 West Indies, he touched at Cape Blanco, and thence 

 shaped his course for Trinidad, where, on the ist of 

 February 1595, * he came to an anker under a point 



* thereof called Curiapan, in a bay which was very full of 



* pelicans, and he called it Pelicans' Bay.' Curiapan, 

 called by CoLUMBUS Punta del Arenul, is now called 

 Hicacos, or Icacos. 



11. The Bear afterwards fell down lower, to a place 

 called Paracoa, now known as Cedar Point: which was a 

 convenient place to water, ballast, ground, and grave the 

 carvels. A sconce, like a half-moon, was thrown up on 

 shore, for proteflion against the Spaniards, of whom 

 nothing definite could at first be gathered. All the men 

 were then sent ashore. 



On the 17th of February, the two carvels were sent off 



